Lamentations 3:27
טוֹב לַגֶּבֶר כִּֽי ־ יִשָּׂא עֹל בִּנְעוּרָֽיו ׃ ס
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
In Context
26טוֹב וְיָחִיל וְדוּמָם לִתְשׁוּעַת יְהוָֽה ׃
28יֵשֵׁב בָּדָד וְיִדֹּם כִּי נָטַל עָלָֽיו ׃
Cross References
Psalms 90:12לִמְנוֹת יָמֵינוּ כֵּן הוֹדַע וְנָבִא לְבַב חָכְמָֽה ׃
Psalms 119:71טֽוֹב ־ לִי כִֽי ־ עֻנֵּיתִי לְמַעַן אֶלְמַד חֻקֶּֽיךָ ׃
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:22-37
Words of Comfort to Israel; The Benefit of Afflictions; Comfort to the Afflicted. ( b. c. 588.) 21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. 22 It is of the Lord 's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the… Read the whole commentary →